Senior Development & Alumni Events Coordinator , Winston Salem

Sr. Development & Alumni Events Coordinator 

Job Summary: 

Under the direction of the Director of Engagement and Events, the Sr. Philanthropy Events Coordinator is responsible for coordinating volunteers, logistics and support in an events environment. 

Education: 

• Bachelor's degree and five years of fundraising experience, including three years of event management. 

or

• Equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Experience working with volunteers is required. 

Licensure, Certification and / or Registration: 

• Must have a valid driver's license. 

Essential Functions:

1. Responsible for conducting the full range of activities required to design, plan, coordinate and promote assigned philanthropy events. (i.e. stewardship events, fundraising events, speaker series, board meetings, etc.) 
2. Coordinate the recruitment, training and mobilization of event volunteers. Develop successful strategies for increasing event participation, fundraising, community awareness and volunteer engagement. 
3. Collaborate and liaison with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Administrators, Offices and Boards to coordinate participating in selected philanthropy events; maintain liaison with external individuals and organizations to coordinate necessary arrangements for programs and events. 
4. Oversee fiscal requirements for events, including monitoring, verifying and reconciling expenditures. Prepare revenue reports and correspondences, including letters of acknowledgement and appreciation, as required. 
5. Coordinate and maintain ongoing communication efforts for events and with current and prospective donors. This may include updating websites, writing newsletter articles, working with Creative Communications to design promotional materials, coordinating the printing and delivery of direct and bulk mail. 
6. Identify individual and corporate donor prospects through suggestions from staff, past and current Board members, existing donors, colleagues and other viable sources. Request donations and sponsorships as appropriate. 
7. Create and submit documentation on development, progress and conclusion of assigned events. 
8. Update and maintain databases with information regarding current and past philanthropy events, participants, sponsors, and other activities within Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Wake Forest University which could enhance donor cultivation and increase visibility within the community. 
9. May supervise other Philanthropy staff as necessary.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.